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Service account
A nonhuman identity under which software accesses resources. Credentials authenticate that identity; permission grants and policy determine what it may do. A service account with narrowly scoped grants can help enforce a permission envelope.
Discussed in the book
- Chapter 1: The Orchestrator's Toolkit — 1.7 Identity and access control mentioned 4×
- Chapter 3: What an Orchestrator Orchestrates — 3.12 The permission envelope mentioned 2×
- Chapter 1: The Orchestrator's Toolkit — 1.14 The chapter in one picture mentioned once
- Chapter 3: Delegation Is Architecture — 3.1 Operational orchestration mentioned once
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